Decalcomania



DECALCOMANIA.

APPLICATION men NOV. 26. 1919.

1 1,331,667. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

Otto IhlmJr.

" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO PALM, JR., OF RAHVTAY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE PALM BROTHERSCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., 'A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

VDECALCOMANIA.

Application filedNovember 26, 1919. Serial No. 340,720.

I To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that'I, Orro PALM, J r., a citizen of the United States,residing at Rahway, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Decalcomanias, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to decalcomanias, and has particular reference todecalcomania stripes or borders upon which are provided a plurality ofalined figures or designs, the object of the invention bemg to form adecalcomania stripe of thlscharacter in such manner that the designs orfigures when transferred may be placed n relatively angular or curvedrelationshlp with respect to each other, so that the decalcomania may beeffectively employed for the purpose of decorating angled or curvedsurfaces as well as for straight designs. I 4

Straight decalcomania stripings or borders that have been used for yearsin decalcomania manufacture have only been of such .form as to becapable of being usedpin the transfer of their designs, upon or inperfectly straight lines, whereas stripings 0r borders adapted forcurves, angles ,or corners have been made and manufactured so as toconform to the exact shapes of angles, curves or corners in order tomake them fit and conform to such conditions.

' By the present invention a perfectly straight border or striping maybe used as 35' a straight border or striping, and the added functionsbeing accomplished by cutting the decalcomania in accordance with guideor cutting lines provided upon the pattern surface of the decalcomanias,whereby the latter may be longitudinally. flexed or distorted sothattheir designs may be so placed upon a surface as to permit of theirangular or curved disposition thereon.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of adecalcomania border or striping having provided thereon printing andpattern surfaces, the pattern surface being formed with cutting lines oftriangular configuration, the apices of which are so disposed as toproject into the interstices formed between the alined designs orfigures on printing surfaces, whereby upon the removal of the materialdefined by at least certain of said lines, said striping or border maybe longitudinally twisted to assume any desired position in order thatthe deslgns or figures may be imparted to a surface in straight, angularor curved relationship.

A still further object of the invention resides in providing the patternsurface with a plurality of longitudinally extending cen-v trallydisposed lines upon the outer of which the apices of the triangularcutting line terminate, said central lines being so disposed that whenthe material defined by the triangular cutting lines is removed, saidcentral lines will serve to define a bonding medium for retaining thestripe as a whole together and yet to permit of the desired flexing ofthe same.

For a further understanding of the invention,-reference is to be had tothe following description, and to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure -1 illustrates the printing surface of a decalcomania border orstriping, which is formed in accordance with the principles of theinvention,

Fig. 2 represents the reference or pattern surface of the decalcomaniaand discloses more particularly the cutting line arrangement,

Fig. 3 illustrates the decalcomania when portions defined by the cuttinglines have been removed, so that said decalcomania may be flexed topermit the designs thereof to be transferred in a relatively curvedmanner,

Fig. 4 is a view'showing the application of the designs or figures whenthe decalcomania is out in accordance with the showing set forth in Fig.3, and

Fig. 5 is a View showing another manner for cutting decalcornania topermit the designs thereof to be transferred in a relatively angularmanner.

Similar characters of reference denote like and corresponding partsthroughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring more particularly to the details of the invention, use is madeof a decalcomania border or striping which is designated in its entiretyby the numeral 1. This 'decalcomania consists of a printing surface 2upon which are transferablymounted a plurality of longitudinally alinedfigures or desi s 3 of any suitable configuration, and it W111 beunderstood that these designs may be applied and transferred to anysuitable article or surface in the usual manner. In this instance thedecalcomania has its opposite side formed with a pattern surface 4, uponwhich are provided fac-simile outlines 5 ofthe designs 3 provided uponthe printing. surface. The construction thus described is that which hasbeen used in the past for the purpose of printing in stralght lines,however, it has hitherto been impossible to employ such decalcomaniasfor the purpose of printing the designs in a relatively curved orangular manner, such designs in the past having been printed origi-.nally in the relatively curved or angular manner in which they wereadapted to be placed upon the surface designed for their reception.However, through the provision of the features of'the present invention,it is possible to employ straight decalcomania stripes not only for thepurpose of producing straight designs but also of such construction asto be capable of accurately and easily producing the designs in a curvedor angular manner and by this construction to enable a manufacturer andthe trade at large to materially reduce varieties of forms in stock andto generally standardize the production of borders or stripings.

To this end, I provide the surface 4: with a plurality of centrallydisposed longitudinally extending lines 6, which extend directly acrossthe center portions of the designs 5, and which define as it willbe'later set forth, a bonding medium for the designs 3. In addition 'tothe lines 6 use is made of a plurality of cutting lines 7 which defineisosceles triangles, or they may be of other desirable configuration.The bases of the triangular wedges 8, defined by the line 7, aredisposed along the outer marginal edges 9 of. the decalcomania, whilethe apices thereof "protrude between the interstices formed between thedesigns 3 or 5 and ter minate upon the outer of the central lines 5.Other laterally extending lines 10 divide the Wedges 8 into right angletriangles, and

may be, longitudinally distorted in the curved and flexed manner clearlyset forth in Fig. 3, so that when the designs 3 are transferred the samewill be positioned upon a surface in the curved manner disclosed in Fig.4, By this construction it will be apparent that a straight border orstriping may be so cut as to permit of the angular or curved dispositionof the transfer designs, and the construction will thus eliminate thenecessity of printing the designs initially in the desired curvedmanner. Also, as shown in Fig. 5, the designs may be transferred in anangular manner. This may be accomplished by removing wedges 8 from bothof the edges or sides of a stripe 1, and in slitting the stripelaterally at positions opposite to the removed wedges. Obviously, thisprocess will permit a border or striping to be angularly bent throughoutits length so that the desired angular arrangement of the figures ordesigns 3 may be easily and positively efiected.

It will be furthermore noticed that the cutting lines 7 for cutting thewedges or triangles and slits formed in the sheets, do not extend allthe way across the border, but on the contrary only to the horizontallines 6 which lie across the center of the border. The object of thelines 6 being to hold the entire border together in one piece during thetransferring operation, so that the whole border may be transferred inone continuous piece or section in either a 1 straight or curved manner.The invention 'is particularly applicable in the printing ofdecalcomania stripings or borders upon carrlages, wagon and automobilebodies, slelghs,

carts and other machinery having curved these lines 10 are so disposedas to extend.

, transferred in the curved manner disclosed in Fig. 4. This isaccomplished by removing the wedges formed along the upper edge of thestripe, and these wedges are removed by cutting the stripes along thecutting lines 7 so that the material of said stripe may be removed in aV shape manner between the designs. Then, the lower edges of said stripeare slitted along the lateral lines 10 so that the desired flexibilitymay be imparted to the stripe 1. Manifestly, by removing the upper edgesand in providing oppositely disposed slitted portions, the stripe as awhole panels where straight borders and stripings will not answer hence,by cutting the straight border according to the guide outlines, anyangle or curved border may be produced. Of course it will be apparentthat' the principles of this invention may be differently carried outfrom the specific form described, for example the cutting lines may beprovided on the printing surface, if desired, instead of on the patternsurface, or that it is not necessary to adhere to the triangular outlineshown in removing material from the decalcomania, as manifestly otherconfigurations may be removed and the same result accomplished.

I claim:

1. A decalcomania comprising a printing surface and a pattern surface,said pattern surface bearing outlines representing the detween thedesign outlines thereof, whereby I upon the removal of material definedby at least certain of said cutting lines said decalcomania may beflexed to permit its desaid decalcomania and located contiguous to signsto be transferred in a relatively angular or curved manner 2. Adecalcomania of stripe formation formed to comprise a printing surface,a plurality of designs provided upon said surface, and cutting lineslocated between said designs and by means of which material may beremoved from the decalcomania to permit the latter to assume flexedpositions, whereby the designs thereof may be transferred in arelatively angular or curved manner. I

3. A decalcomania having a printing surface upon which is provided anelongated design, and cutting indicia provided upon said design so as toextend into the marginal interstices thereof, whereby upon the removalof desired portions of the decalcomania defined by said indicia saiddecalcomania may be bent to permit its design to be transferred in arelatively angular or curved manner.

4. A decalcomania stripe comprising a printing surface, a plurality ofalined de signs provided upon said surface, cutting lines definingtriangular wedges disposed between said designs, whereby upon theremoval of-at least certain of said wedges, said decalcomania may belongitudinally distorted' to permit said designs to be transferred in arelatively curved or angular manner.

5. A decalcomania border comprising a printing surface bearing aplurality of alined transferrable figures, a pattern surface disposed onthe opposite side of said decalcomania, said pattern surface bearingoutlinerepresentations of the figure upon said printing surface,longitudinally extending lines arranged longitudinally and centrally ofsaid border, and cutting lines disposed between figure outlines uponsaid pattern surface said cutting lines being of triangularconfiguration and having their apices terminated adjacent to saidlongitudinally extending lines, said cutting lines serving to permitsaid border to be cut in such manner as to permit of its longitudinaldistortion In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

OTTO PALM, JR.

